Be Quick to Listen, Slow to ‘Therapy Speak’
Using terms like trauma, abuse, and toxic too flippantly has consequences for our relationships.
I was going through a breakup when I started therapy post-pandemic. My friends were telling me that I needed to work on healthier emotional boundaries….
Don’t Let Yourself Be ‘Cured of Churchgoing’
Church homelessness is lonely and exhausting. And the only antidote is Christian community.
When my family moved from Washington State to California, my parents braced my brother and me for a church search that could take some time. But after just …
Netflix’s ‘Leo’ Is About a Talking Lizard—and Learning from Your Elders
Adam Sandler’s new kids’ movie is an entertaining musical with an unlikely lesson in intergenerational discipleship.
A recent conversation in my Bible study turned to how we interact with people who are different from us. I assumed we’d talk …
‘Women Talking’ Focuses on Survivors, Not Abusers
The Academy–nominated film started a conversation that the church can learn from.
Earlier this year, CT reported on the sexual abuse and spiritual manipulation of Jean Vanier, who violated at least 25 adult women without disabilities over nearly a …
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Suicide
Caring for people in pain requires a rich theology of suffering.
According to the World Health Organization, 703,000 people commit suicide each year.
In 2020, “suicide was the twelfth leading cause of death overall in the United States. &he…
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